When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law in late March to ban social media access for children under 14, it was among US lawmakers’ most sweeping attempts to limit kids’ exposure to ...

The process of removing rocks and plowing the rice field with your hoe to prepare an environment where rice can easily grow. The better you plow, the better the rice-plant’s roots will spread and grow ...

A traditional Southeast Asian rice farming technique of raising fish and other aquatic livestock in paddies has potential to meet global food demands, improve the health of both people and the ...

Rice is the staple crop of more than half of the world’s population. Demand is growing with the rising population in South and Southeast Asia. However, a significant portion of rice farming still ...

In a major step toward enhancing food security and exploring the potential to bring rice farming back to Hawaiʻi, an international research team has successfully cultivated premium Japanese rice ...

Zhang Dongdong (left) trains local farmers in Cambodia's Takeo province on August 16, 2026. Photo: Courtesy of Zhang Dongdong ...

More than half the world relies on rice as a primary food source. Yet the essential crop faces an worrisome future as global warming cranks up the Earth’s temperature and intensifies storms, droughts ...

In a mountain village in south-west China, the local people are playing a guessing game. A new climate-friendly way of growing rice is being trialed here that will reduce methane emissions. So, what’s ...

This video shows rice fields in Laos stretching across a flat valley beneath steep, forest-covered mountains, with a long wooden walkway crossing the fields toward a small thatched shelter. Narrow ...

As extreme rainfall and flooding threaten Indian farms, traditional rice varieties and water-adapted farming systems offer ...